As a student, I don't really feel I have the choice in asking myself “why do I do what I do?” It seems like a given, we go to school to do well, to move on and find a job, get married, get divorced and married again, it all flows like a harmonic progression where you already know the last note. Reflecting on this question, I can’t pinpoint the exact reason for my existence, my well-being. It is almost as hard as choosing your favorite food- some days when I’m super hungry, an apple might just satisfy whereas another day I will be sure to get myself some mocha ice cream. Looking back, though I know that I was not always so determined and sure of myself as I am today. Sometime in high school in between working on the school yearbook, tutoring, organizing food drives, and running track I realized there are just so many things out there I needed to experience. Constant questions that run through my mind really are: if you die tomorrow would you be happy? Would you have made a difference? Be remembered? I feel as if both of these questions are equally important to me and they are the motivating factors for me as a student right now. Sure I’m not the biggest fan of studying, but I do it because it’ll help get to a great place in a couple of years. In college, I feel as if there are so many things I have yet to try and if I were to die tomorrow, I probably wouldn’t be happy just because I have not yet made it. I have tried my best o make a difference and this is what drives me to do the things I do in college right now.
Why do I do what I do? I do it because I know people's lives will be better because of me.
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